AMD Price Cuts - 7/24/06

2006-07-21 00:30:01

#1

ShotYourSix: Boldly going nowhere...; +196|6726|Las Vegas

Pretty good news for prospective AMD buyers.

With the release of Intel's new Conroe chip iminent, AMD have announced price cuts for nearly all of it's processors (for example the X2 5000+ is dropping from $642 to $282) nothing to scoff at eh?

Full chart here:
http://images.dailytech.com/nimage/2094 … g_1023.png

2006-07-21 00:33:42

#2

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|6724

conroe is still better in price to performance ratio even after the amd price cuts

https://cache.www.gametracker.com/server_info/203.46.105.23:21300/b_350_20_692108_381007_FFFFFF_000000.png

2006-07-21 01:15:31

#3

ShotYourSix: Boldly going nowhere...; +196|6726|Las Vegas

Agreed, but I was thinking of all the people who will be unable/unwilling to recognize the superior performance of Conroe for another 8 - 12 months and will unfortunately be purchasing an AMD chip due to their ignorance/stubborness.

2006-07-21 01:16:57

#4

Jim_Bred: Member; +15|6509

amazing, I was on the verge up upgrading..this made my day!

+1

2006-07-21 01:18:14

#5

stryyker: bad touch; +1,682|6727|California

i orgasmed 21 times when i ordered my conroe.. pricedrops dont make me orgasm anymore

2006-07-21 01:18:35

#6

Jim_Bred: Member; +15|6509

what is a conroe?

2006-07-21 01:42:57

#7

stryyker: bad touch; +1,682|6727|California

Jim_Bred wrote:
what is a conroe?

only the BADDEST MOTHAFUCKIN CHIP EVAR MADE!!!1111one

google it, you'll see

2006-07-21 02:21:56

#8

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|6724

stryyker wrote:
Jim_Bred wrote:
what is a conroe?
only the BADDEST MOTHAFUCKIN CHIP EVAR MADE!!!1111one

google it, you'll see

what he said

2006-07-21 02:26:22

#9

tehmoogles: Don't touch the pom-pom!; +7|6718

It came up with City of Conroe. Some American place, I guess.

So what is it?

Last edited by tehmoogles (2006-07-21 02:29:44)

2006-07-21 02:29:33

#10

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|6724

tehmoogles wrote:
It came up with City of Conroe. Some American place, I guess.

no it didnt... its a codename for the cpu... like all cpu cores they are codenamed like brisbane, san diego, venice. doesnt mean it was made there, some conroe cores are made in haifa israel...

2006-07-21 02:30:26

#11

Jim_Bred: Member; +15|6509

so it's like a new breed of cpu, whats the advantages of it?

2006-07-21 02:30:29

#12

tehmoogles: Don't touch the pom-pom!; +7|6718

Well you could actually give me some bloody information on it!

2006-07-21 02:32:15

#13

Jim_Bred: Member; +15|6509

I wikipedia'd it

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Conroe

2006-07-21 02:33:00

#14

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|6724

tehmoogles wrote:
Well you could actually give me some bloody information on it!

go to the intel VS amd thread...

2006-07-21 02:43:54

#15

Jim_Bred: Member; +15|6509

too techy for me, from what I gather it will be really fast

2006-07-21 03:02:05

#16

-MIKI3.: Member; +70|6651|The Netherlands

https://tweakers.net/ext/i.dsp/1141812512.gif

....

2006-07-21 03:05:41

#17

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|6724

-MIKI3. wrote:
http://tweakers.net/ext/i.dsp/1141812512.gif
....

that was old test.... and that was engineering sample of the conroe... the latest ones are much better

2006-07-21 04:34:07

#18

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6501|N. Ireland

Always been an AMD fan.

Overclockers have the 4600+ RETAIL for just 175 quid, and the 4400 OEM is 250, and the 4800 is 450! I am getting one. S939.

2006-07-21 10:04:57

#19

Below_Cost: Member; +3|6506|Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

I've been an AMD fan myself from waaaay back. Mind you those results do look pretty damn promising for Intel. There seems to be quite the buzz about those procs. The drastic price drop might be an indication that AMD might be a bit worried

2006-07-21 10:25:49

#20

ShotYourSix: Boldly going nowhere...; +196|6726|Las Vegas

Everything you need to know about Conroe.

Everything you need to know about building a Conroe system.

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